This week we have a lot of new releases starting to come out leading up to NAMM 2026! Ibanez released their entire 2026 lineup early, including some wild new designs, reissues of classics, and a crazy new delay called the Layer Delayer! DSM Humboldt announced their take on a feature-packed Dumble emulator pedal, and EQD teamed up with Dr. Z Amplification to create the ZEQD-Pre, a tube-powered preamp pedal. Audio Surplus brings back the RadioShack nostalgia with Radio Trash, Fender teamed up with Chicago Music Exchange and Anderton's to release a lineup of 4 special edition Lavender Mist Player II guitars. Speaking of Fender, their incoming CEO promises big things for the future of the company!

This week we are back after a couple weeks off with Andrew being sick. We cover a small handful of new releases, including a new series from Collision Devices, a Collab pedal between Summer School Electronics and Super Cool Pedals and some crazy new AI powered open source device from Roland. But the real fun of this week's episode is about us discussing our individual top 10 gear releases of 2025.Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcastHelp us get to 1000 subscribers on YouTube and we will host an awesome giveaway!

This week we are covering all the last minute holidays releases coming out in December. From the JHS collaboration with EHX on the Big Muff 2 to the Crazy Tube Circuits Orama and Strymon Fairfax, we have a lot to talk about this week so let's jump on in!Please help support and grow our YouTube channel by liking and subscribing

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We are back after a week out of the country and we're excited to be talking about all the Black Friday pedal releases - From the JHS Kilt 10 year anniversary edition to THREE new compact effects from Death By Audio, to Mythos Pedals finally releasing their take on the Rat circuit and Fractal dropping the AM4 modeler and multi effects unit. And we couldn't forget about the Wampler TCD, Brian's take on the classic Fulltone OCD, with tons of improvements. Find us on Threads and Instagram @badguitaristpodcastHelp us get to 1000 channel Subscribers for your chance to win an upcoming giveaway once we hit our goal!

This week we are talking about some of the early Black Friday deals coming out, as well as new releases from Fender, Gibson, Marshall and more! JHS and Third Man Hardware have teamed up to release the Troika Delay, Benson Amps finally released their take on the 424 preamp, and Vox introduced the Micro Superbeetle!Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast

This week we are discussing the 2025 edition Blacked Out releases from Reverb in collaboration with Walrus Audio, Earthquaker Devices, Daredevil Pedals, Way Huge, and Death By Audio. We also talk about the all-in-one DFX-1 drum effects unit from Walrus, Heather Brown Electronicals dropped the Darlene Compression, TWA partnered with the creator of the Tube Screamer for a fresh take on a classic, and IK Multimedia has entered the headphone amp modeling game with the Tonex Plug. Other gear releases include Ernie Ball rechargeable batteries and La Bella putting out a new set of Ella Feingold signature inverted strings.Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast Help us get to 1000 Subscribers on YouTube so we can host a giveaway!

This week we are discussing the latest Behringer Moog clone, signature Oasis models from Epiphone and Gibson, and a Kirk Hammett signature acoustic guitar. PRS released 50 and 100 watt models of an amp that promises to deliver the best features of Fender, Marshall and Dumble style amps all in one package, LPD dropped the latest competitor in the dual overdrive world, and Positive Grid simplified the headphone amp by putting their Spark technology directly in the headphones themselves. Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast

After over a year of doing this podcast, it is time to test Kat's knowledge of guitar gear and ability to identify different brands and models of guitars, pedals, amps and well known guitarists and influencers! From Fender to Gibson, Phillip McKnight to John Mayer, join us for some quick trivia before jumping into this week's gear news. We are talking about the Gibson and Epiphone Back to the Future ES-345 guitars, another batch of Fender Hello Kitty Stratocasters, and some awesome new pedals including the Diamond Memory Lane, Keeley Oaxa, OBNE Sunlight and more!